Power outage history
York County Nebraska
2.2hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
17th most of 28 in Nebraska 66% below the national median
Every day since 2015
Eleven years, one night at a time
Each cell is a day. The brighter it is, the larger the share of York's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2025 was the worst well-recorded year, at 7.5 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
York, hours without power per customer
The record
The biggest outages since 2015
Ranked by customer-hours lost: customers out multiplied by how long they stayed out. Times are local.
| Began | Storm | Peak out | Share | Lasted | 90% restored | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2025 | Winter storm | 4,634 | 44% | 33 h | 19 h | 65k |
| Oct 3, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 1,663 | 16% | 6.5 h | 13 h | 9.0k |
| May 12, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 1,306 | 12% | 14 h | 14 h | 8.9k |
| Jun 3, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 1,699 | 16% | 12 h | 3.8 h | 8.5k |
| Nov 10, 2020 | Ice storm | 1,316 | 12% | 20 h | 8.0 h | 5.6k |
| Jun 14, 2020 | No storm report | 1,130 | 11% | 3.0 h | 3.8 h | 2.6k |
| Feb 16, 2021 | Winter storm | 1,607 | 15% | 3.0 h | 1.0 h | 2.4k |
| May 18, 2022 | No storm report | 1,358 | 13% | 1.8 h | 1.5 h | 2.1k |
| Jul 21, 2015 | No storm report | 1,639 | 15% | 1.2 h | 8.2 h | 2.0k |
| Jun 9, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 745 | 7% | 5.8 h | 30 min | 1.9k |
| Jan 16, 2017 | Ice storm | 1,403 | 13% | 1.2 h | 1.2 h | 1.8k |
| Mar 29, 2025 | No storm report | 994 | 9% | 1.5 h | 3.5 h | 1.5k |
| Apr 9, 2022 | No storm report | 360 | 3% | 3.8 h | – | 1.4k |
| Dec 15, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 996 | 9% | 2.5 h | 48 min | 896 |
| Jan 28, 2025 | No storm report | 213 | 2% | 4.0 h | – | 852 |
| Mar 14, 2024 | No storm report | 222 | 2% | 3.5 h | – | 767 |
| Mar 26, 2022 | No storm report | 996 | 9% | 48 min | 30 min | 747 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | No storm report | 1,269 | 12% | 30 min | 1.5 h | 634 |
| Jun 22, 2023 | No storm report | 989 | 9% | 30 min | 30 min | 494 |
| Feb 17, 2020 | No storm report | 598 | 6% | 48 min | 30 min | 448 |
| Mar 29, 2025 | No storm report | 163 | 2% | 2.5 h | – | 408 |
| Oct 28, 2022 | No storm report | 146 | 1% | 2.5 h | – | 364 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | No storm report | 363 | 3% | 1.0 h | – | 363 |
| Dec 12, 2022 | No storm report | 362 | 3% | 1.0 h | – | 362 |
| Jun 23, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 129 | 1% | 2.8 h | – | 355 |
| Aug 11, 2015 | No storm report | 303 | 3% | 1.8 h | – | 351 |
| Nov 4, 2020 | No storm report | 460 | 4% | 48 min | – | 345 |
| Nov 13, 2024 | No storm report | 156 | 1% | 2.0 h | – | 312 |
| May 19, 2025 | No storm report | 131 | 1% | 2.2 h | – | 295 |
| Mar 23, 2025 | No storm report | 291 | 3% | 1.0 h | – | 290 |
After the peak
How fast the lights come back
Each line is one major outage, from its peak. The amber line is the typical path.
When it happens
The outage clock
Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.
What was happening
Weather behind the outages
Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for York from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Winter storm 57%
- Thunderstorms 25%
- No storm on record 13%
- Ice storm 4.7%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving York
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Nebraska territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska Public Power District | Political Subdivision | 195 | 77 | 0.90 | 10.9 | 74k |
| Polk County Rural Pub Pwr Dist | NE | 91 | 72 | 1.06 | 11.3 | 44k |
| Southern Public Power District | Political Subdivision | – | – | – | 9.1 | 15k |
| Perennial Public Power Dist | Political Subdivision | 2,100 | 84 | 2.88 | 10.1 | 4.1k |
| Village of Bradshaw | NE | – | – | – | – | 1.4k |
EIA Form 861, latest year each utility reported. Outage minutes are SAIDI, the yearly minutes the average customer goes without power; outages a year are SAIFI.
Next door
Neighbouring counties
About these numbers
Notes
Outages come from the EAGLE-I record of utility outage maps collected every 15 minutes by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hours without power are customer-hours divided by the county's 10,586 electricity customers. Averages use well-covered years from 2018. Outages shorter than 15 minutes, and utilities that publish no outage map, are not in the record, so these figures understate the total. How every number is made →